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+package eu.equalparts.cardbase.standalone;
+
+import java.io.BufferedReader;
+import java.io.File;
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.io.InputStreamReader;
+
+import eu.equalparts.cardbase.data.CardBase;
+
+/**
+ * This provides a lightweight CLI for interacting with cardbase files. 
+ * 
+ */
+public class CardBaseCLI {
+	
+	/**
+	 * Execute the interface.
+	 * 
+	 * @param args the first argument is the cardbase file. Further arguments are ignored.
+	 */
+	public static void main(String... args) {
+
+		System.out.println("Welcome to cardbase");
+		CardBase cb;
+
+		// construct the cardbase
+		if (args.length > 0) {
+			System.out.println("Building cardbase from " + args[0]);
+			cb = new CardBase(new File(args[0]));
+		} else {
+			System.out.println("No cardbase file was provided, initialising a clean cardbase");
+			cb = new CardBase();
+		}
+		
+		// main UI loop
+		try {
+			// initialise necessary components
+			System.out.println("Fetching card sets from upstream");
+			BufferedReader br = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(System.in));
+			boolean exit = false;
+			
+			while (!exit) {
+				String rawInput = br.readLine().trim().toLowerCase();
+				String[] commands = rawInput.split("[ \t]+");
+				
+				if (commands.length > 0) {
+					switch (commands[0]) {
+					case "exit":
+						exit = true;
+						break;
+					case "sets":
+						break;
+					case "set":
+						break;
+					case "write":
+						break;
+					default:
+						break;
+					}
+				}
+			}
+		} catch (IOException e) {
+			e.printStackTrace();
+		}
+
+	
+	}
+	
+}